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The Apollo 11 astronauts reported repeatedly seeing white flashes in their vision during their mission. This was, apparently, cosmic rays travelling through their brains. As far as I’m aware, Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins did not subsequently develop superpowers.

Allen: That’s quite possible though that origin passage from FF #1 is one of the most reprinted/reproduced segments in comics history.

Ian: There’s probably a short story in there somewhere…

About Jeff VanderMeer

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Jeff VanderMeer's most recent fiction is the NYT-bestselling Southern Reach trilogy (Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance), released in 2014 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Foreign rights have sold in 17 countries and the movie rights have been acquired by Paramount Pictures/Scott Rudin Productions. His latest nonfiction books include Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Abrams Image). His nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, the Washington Post, Atlantic.com, Vulture.com, and the Los Angeles Times. VanderMeer recently taught at the Yale Writers’ Conference and has lectured at MIT and the Library of Congress. You can contact him at pressinfo at vandermeercreative.com. (Author photo by Kyle Cassidy.) More...